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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| counterexample | A statement or example that shows a conjecture is false. |
| cube root | One of three equal factors of a number. |
| inverse operations | Pair of operations that undo each other. Addition and subtraction are inverse operations. |
| irrational number | A number that cannot be expressed as the ratio. |
| natural numbers | the set of numbers used for practice. |
| perfect cube | A number whose cube root is an integer. 27 is a perfect cube because its cube root is 3. |
| perfect square | A number whose square root is a whole number. |
| principal square root | The positive square root of a number. |
| radical sign | The symbol used to indicate a positive square root. |
| real number | A set of rational numbers together with the set of irrational numbers |
| square root | One of the two equal factors of a number. If a to the power of 2 = b, then a is the square root of b. |
| truncating | A process of approximating a decimal number by eliminating all decimal places past a certain point without rounding. |